⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 3
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patty Mills offensive foul (Damian Lillard draws the foul)
Q4 4:50 · SA 89-90 POR
- Turnover
Patty Mills turnover
Q4 4:50 · SA 89-90 POR
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili bad pass
Q4 0:41 · SA 98-105 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 10:00 · SA 34-38 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 9:41 · SA 87-88 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
